Bootham residents fed-up with flytipping (From York Press)
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Bootham residents fed-up with flytipping
8:34am Thursday 18th March 2010 in
A FRUSTRATED reader sent us this photograph he took of the rubbish that is repeatedly dumped near to his home by flytippers.
Chris Edghill, of Bootham Square, in York, said he was fed up with waste constantly building up in Bootham Row, behind the Bootham Tavern and Sainsbury’s Local.
He said: “I have reported this to City of York Council on a regular basis and they come and clean it up, but within hours it’s just as bad again. I just wish the people doing it realised that there are people living around here and it’s absolutely disgusting for us. It smells, it attracts rats and because it’s such a mess people even use the area as a toilet. It’s about 50 yards from my home and I’m fed up with it.”
Liz Levett, the council’s head of environmental enforcement and parking services, said they were aware of the problem and were working with local businesses to resolve the issues.
She said: “The bins are used by local takeaway businesses for commercial waste and have to be situated in this area so they can be collected.”
Comments(12)
Garrowby Turnoff
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8:44am Thu 18 Mar 10
Silver
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9:12am Thu 18 Mar 10
LittleTed
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9:13am Thu 18 Mar 10
Hel n Highwater
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10:01am Thu 18 Mar 10
LittleTed wrote:Oh for crying out loud - give Tang Hall a break for once will you, it's neither an accurate nor useful comment!
Why dont people do their fly-tipping in Tang Hall? That way nobody would notice.
LittleTed
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10:40am Thu 18 Mar 10
Hel n Highwater wrote:Nope!
LittleTed wrote:Oh for crying out loud - give Tang Hall a break for once will you, it's neither an accurate nor useful comment!
Why dont people do their fly-tipping in Tang Hall? That way nobody would notice.
hifive
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1:27pm Thu 18 Mar 10
sciencefan
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1:34pm Thu 18 Mar 10
jez b
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1:50pm Thu 18 Mar 10
LittleTed wrote:Kingsway or Chaplefields would do as well.
Why dont people do their fly-tipping in Tang Hall? That way nobody would notice.
AdmiralNN
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2:01pm Thu 18 Mar 10
King Edward
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7:41pm Thu 18 Mar 10
Silver
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8:20pm Thu 18 Mar 10
King Edward wrote:True but as the story says the council only remove it so it seems like no one has resolved this problem they just get rid of it for the time. Shouldn't someone just talk to the owner and say if this carries on we'll fine you or something?
Has anyone looked through it? I would suggest it is commercial rather than domestic to avoid paying for removal or tipping. Wtach out for needles though as it is also a haven for the beggars at the bar.
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Garrowby Turnoff says...
8:42am Thu 18 Mar 10